This will be my first year at BM and my friend and I are driving in from Missouri. My question is what is the time/wait difference between leaving Saturday after the man burns or leaving Sunday? *If this has been posted somewhere else, I apologize. I tried searching it but couldn't find what I was looking for* Thanks in advance for any help

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Last year was my first, but the general wisdom seems to be that the ideal time to leave would be Monday morning at around 4 AM. But don't tell anyone, we don't want everyone to know and start doing the same thing.

I left Monday at around 10 AM and spent 5 hours in Exodus before reaching asphalt. Some camp mates of ours were in line at 6 AM and spent about 4 hours in Exodus.

I think the general truism would be that regardless of the day the two worst times to leave are Sunday afternoon and just after the man burns.

Make sure you're listening to BMIR before you pull out- they give rough estimates for Exodus every 30 minutes or so. On Monday last year it was around 6 hours by 10am, by early afternoon they were reporting 8+. We finally decided just to go around 4pm, we didn't get to Reno until around midnight (or was it 1am?).

Anything dealing with Exodus is a guess, but you can pretty much bet on making good time if you leave before the Man burns (yes, I'm serious. It depends on how much you need to get out of there quickly)

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Some folks did get hit with 8+ hours this year, but I think that had more to do with an accident causing a closure on the main highway. I prefer to avoid the rush, and just don't leave on Monday. Almost no waiting for me, and one less vehicle in the logjam with everyone else.

In 2010, we stayed for the temple burn and left on Monday. It was about 5 hours of waiting, but at least the air is cool in the shade of your car if you have the doors open.

This year we left the day of the temple burn. Seeing the temple burn was great the year before, but it's also somewhat depressing to see everything wind down. Plus, we didn't want to wait so long as the previous year. Took about 15 minutes total to get to the highway, 10 of which was just driving slowly to get to the exit.

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- Think of ways you can prepare for it and maybe make it a better experience for you and others around you

- Maybe offer coffee, snacks, etc, ??, to those around you?

- It is what you make of it.

Eric wrote:Make sure you're listening to BMIR before you pull out- they give rough estimates for Exodus every 30 minutes or so. On Monday last year it was around 6 hours by 10am, by early afternoon they were reporting 8+. We finally decided just to go around 4pm, we didn't get to Reno until around midnight (or was it 1am?).

Anything dealing with Exodus is a guess, but you can pretty much bet on making good time if you leave before the Man burns (yes, I'm serious. It depends on how much you need to get out of there quickly)

Thanks for all the great information guys Since we don't have to be back to Missouri too soon I think we'll just make sure we're prepared for exodus and keep an ear on the radio!

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JesseGrrl2009 wrote:Since we don't have to be back to Missouri too soon I think we'll just make sure we're prepared for exodus and keep an ear on the radio!

In that case, I would stay for the temple burn on Sunday for sure. As a first timer.. and hell.. as an any-timer.. it really completes the experience and is a must-see at least once.

My method is stay for temple while having maybe a few drinks early.. but no more. Right after the temple burn, take some melatonin or something to crash and get a good night sleep. Have everything you can packed up and ready to go except for minimal sleeping things. Set alarm for 5:30am.. be driving out of camp by 6am Monday morning. 1-2-3 hour wait should be about right, and you avoid sitting in the dead heat of day.

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yeah, but, last year, I got to see an MV load of fratboys/sparkleponies, get all "solemn", then, as everyone else around them was quietly contemplating whatever.......scream "lets dance" and turn their dubstep way the hell up, dance, and point and laugh at those asking them to "be respectful".......

Man, you gotta sit somewhere else or something. No one around me was like that at all at the last one.The most I heard were people yelling to stop the lasers. The lasers didn't bother me, I thought it was kind of pretty, so I just laughed.

There were burns from twenty some regionals all at the same time. They had like a 50x50x50 cube that they could design and build themselves. Then they were put up in a big circle around the man and inner playa. I didn't go (I cannot behave at big burns) but a lot of people really liked it. And a lot of regionals got experience in running a project.

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I left around 3 in the afternoon on Sunday. Exodus line to the highway wasn't bad at all, maybe 1/2 hour. Once you get on the highway it will not be fast sailing at all due to the line of cars. I live about 120 miles from BRC and it would normally take 2 hours or less to get there. Going home it took me about 4 hours to get there.

It's weird for me living so close. When it's time to leave I am in a quandry, knowing my real bed is so close and it would feel really good to have a real shower and bed at home vs I live so close why not stay and not worry about a little extra time in exodus... Next year I'm gonna stay till tuesday!